Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 2 | Trinidad Noir: The Classics | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 3 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 4 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 5 | Hasidic Noir | 2004 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 6 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 7 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 8 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 9 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 12 | Miami Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 13 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 14 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 15 | Twin Cities Noir | 2006 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 16 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 17 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 18 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 19 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 20 | Queens Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 21 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 22 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 23 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 24 | Trinidad Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 25 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 26 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 27 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 28 | D.C. Noir 2 | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 29 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 30 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 31 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 32 | San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | N/A |
| 33 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 34 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 35 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 36 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 37 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 38 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 39 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 40 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 41 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 42 | New Orleans Noir: The Classics | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 43 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 44 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 45 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 46 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 47 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 48 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 49 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 50 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 51 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 52 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 53 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 54 | New Jersey Noir | 2011 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 55 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 56 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 57 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 58 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 59 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 60 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 61 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 62 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 63 | USA Noir | 2013 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 64 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 65 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 66 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 67 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 68 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 69 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 70 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 71 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 72 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 73 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 74 | Rio Noir | 2014 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 75 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 76 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 77 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 78 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 79 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 80 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 81 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 82 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 83 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 84 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 85 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 86 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 87 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 88 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 89 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 90 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 91 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 92 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 93 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 94 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 95 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 96 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 97 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 98 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 99 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 100 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 101 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 102 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 103 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 104 | Nairobi Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 105 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 106 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 107 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 108 | Berkeley Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 109 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 110 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 111 | Accra Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 112 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 113 | Palm Springs Noir | 2021 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 114 | Paris Noir: The Suburbs | 2022 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 115 | Denver Noir | 2022 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 116 | South Central Noir | 2022 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 117 | Cleveland Noir | 2023 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 118 | East Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 119 | West Jerusalem Noir | 2023 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 120 | Honolulu Noir | 2024 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 121 | Sacramento Noir | 2025 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
| 122 | Hamburg Noir | 2025 | Ruth Dudley Edwards | Buy |
The Akashic Noir series is one of the longest-running anthology projects in crime fiction, published by Akashic Books starting in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume collects original noir stories set in a particular city, with local authors writing about their home turf. The series now includes over 120 volumes covering cities on every continent.
Ruth Dudley Edwards contributed to the Dublin Noir (2005) volume. The full Akashic Noir catalog runs from American cities like Brooklyn, Chicago, and San Francisco to international locations including Istanbul, Nairobi, and Buenos Aires. The series has attracted major crime writers from around the world and has become a standard reference point for city-based noir fiction.